Key case



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Patented @et .53555, 1927.

LEONAMAYER, O CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. l

KEY casa.

Application led `April v11, 1927. Serial No. 182,874.

This invention relates to key purses and more particularly to key purses olf that. class in which individual keys are carried Within :i rase. i

l'llhe main objects of this invention are to provide a key purse having an improved torni ot key hangers; to provide improved key hangers which are adjustable so `as to accommodate-keys of different lengths; to provide improved key hangers of this kind which are adapted to lie substantially flat so as not to injure the case; to provide an improved form ot mounting :tor supporting the hangers; and to provide a key purse of this kind having improved means for identifying the oivner. n

An illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective of a key purse in its open position and showing a pair of keys farried by the improved loop hangers.

2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of' Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 a plan ot an identification card intended to he filled out by the owner and returned to the merchant.

The conunon lorm of key purse heretofore in use, included a` plurality ot independent hooks hinged to a metal. mounting within a leather case. These hooks made the purse bulky and had a tendency to puncture the leather or other material ot which the ease was made. Such hooks of prior purses were all ot' one size and made no provision for keys ol" various lengths.

'l'he above mentioned objectionable features oit' prior key purses are overcome in purses embodying this invention. In the specific form herein shown, the improved key purse comprises a case having an improved mounting which supports a plurality ot -liexible hangers. The improved hangers are adapted to lie substantially dat so. as to require a minimum aniiount of space, and are adjust-able in length.

ln the specific construction shown, the improved key purse comprises a case l, to which is secured an improved mounting 2 tor supporting a plurality of hangers 3 which are adapted to support keys 4.

r[he case l is preferably made of leather, or similar suitable material, and comprises a back 5 and flaps 6 and 7 which are adapted to overlap and to be secured together by suitable clasps such as glove fasteners 8.

ln the specific form shown, the improved mounting@ comprises a metal stamping having a flat portion t), on which is engraved or stamped information as to the identity oil the owner or other indicia. 'if he mounting i? is secured to the back 5 of the case 1 by rivets 10 or other suitable .fastening means.

The upper edge of the plate 9 is curled to provide a fiange 11 having a plurality of substantially parallel slots 12 extending inwardly from its upper edge and enlarged at their inner ends to provide recesses V13. The upper edge of the flange 11 is substantially flush with the flat plate 9 so as to normally abut against the upper portion ot the back 5 which thereby closes the mouths of' the slots l2 to secure the hangers 8 against accidental displacement. The back 5 is flexible so that the upper portion thereof may be readily flexed away from the flange 11 to permit the insertion and removal of the hangers as hereinafter described.

ln the form shown, the improved hangers 3 comprise chains of the ball and pin link type. The ends of the chains 3 are seated in the recesses 13 of the flange 11 by sliding them through the narrow slots 12. The eX- tremities o'f the chains 3 are located in the pocket 14 between the flange 11 and the back 5 and, therefore, do not cause any bulging of the case. 3 to accommodate keys ot different lengths, it is necessary merely to cut each chain to the required length.

lWhen the key purse is sold or otherwise distributed, it is preferably accompanied by an identification card 15 which is filled in by the owner oft the purse and then returned to the merchant for record. At one end of the card 15, is an aperture 16 adapted to receive on-e of the chains 3 whereby it is temporarily secured to the purse.

W'ith this improved means et identification, the purse is permanently marked so as to make the purse of little value to one other than the true owner.

With the .improved construction and arrangement ol parts herein shown and described, a very compact purse is formed lwhich is substantially flat even when filled With keys.

y To insert a key into the improved purse, the upper edge of the back 5 is fiexed away from the flange 11 and one end of a chain 3 is removed from its seat 13. After the In order to adjust the chains i fifi lll() lllfi key has been placed on the chain, the free end is returned to its seat.

Although but one speciic'embodiment of this inventionhas been herein shown and.

described, it Will be understood that numerous details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted Without departing from the spirit of thisy invention as defined by thefollowing claims. n

` I claim:

ed With a curled Vupper edge to provide a pocket between said ease andv mounting7 said curled edge having a plurality of slots, and

`a plurality of key 'chains Whose ends are seated in said slots to form loops Which are adjustable in length.

43. A key purse comprising a casing having a flexible back, a mounting secured to said back.r and having its upper edge normally flush With-said back7 said mounting having slots extending inwardly fromsaid upper edge, the mouths of said slots being normally closed by a portion of said flexible baclnfaiid key supporting hangers seated. in said slots. Y v f Signed at Chicago this 7th day of April 1927. Y

LEON Maven.` 

